Support for cash-registers and analogous machines.



R. E. MASTERSON.

SUPPORT FOE CASH REGISTERS AND ANALOGOUS MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5 1915. 1,183,524. r Patented May16, 1916.

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SUPPORT FOR CASH REGISTERS AND ANALOGOUS MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6. 1915.

1,183,024. S v Patented May16, 1916.

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ROBERT E. MASTERSON, or ANnnnsoN, INDIANA.

SUPPORT FOR CASH-REGISTERS AND ANADOGOUS MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916.

Application filed July 6, 1915. Serial No. 38,281.

I 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT E. MASTER- soN, a citizen of the United States, residingat Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Cash-Registers and Analogous Machines; and I do declare the following to be full,- clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others'skille d in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 3

My invention relates broadly to improvements in store equipment, and more particularly to a support for cash registers, whereby such devices may bis turned horizontally to dispose their rear sides forwardly for the purpose of gaining access into the machines for well known reasons.

The object of the invention is to provide extremely simple yet highly efiicient means for expeditiously accomplishing the above end, and with this general object in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combination to be hereinafter fully claimed and described by reference to the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cash register showing the application of the invention as a support therefor; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts disclosed in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section as seen along the plane indicated by the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4' is vertical section as seen on the plane indicated by the line of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal section showing more particularly the spring means for limiting the rearward and florward movements of the carriage member; and Fig. 6 is a detail vertical section showing the means normally preventing rotation of the register. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the support showing the same shifted forwardly for the purpose of turning the register. i

In these drawings, which constitute a part of the application and in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, S

indicates a horizontal shelf which may well' be one of the counters in a store, such shelf, however, being shown 1n the present application as pro ect1ng outwardly from a wall IV.

Supported by the shelf with its rear side into whose interior access must be gained for the insertion and removal of the usual tape upon which the numerous receipts etc., of the day recorded, and for other ,purposes well known to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates. Since the only means of access into registers of the Eclass above mentionechis adjacent the rear side thereof, it becomes highiy expedient to provide some simple means whereby the register may *be partially rotated horizontally to dispose its rear side forwardly. This, the invention aims to accomplish by certain details of construction now to be described. 5

Secured to the upper side of the shelf S by screws pr other appropriate fasteners,

is a pair of spaced parallel tracks 1 having grooves 2 in their inner facing edges, one of said tracks being provided with a pair of spaced sockets 3 which open into the groove 2 of said track, these sockets preferably being of substantially \-"-shaped formation, as clearly disclosed in Fig. 5, the rear wall of the front socket and the front wall of the rearmost socket, being converged inwardly, this bein expedient for a reason to become obvious as the descriptionproceeds.

Interposed between the two tracks 1 and having tongues 1 slidably received in the grooves 2 thereof, is a carriage member 5 here shown in the form of a rectangular plate, such plate being provided in one of its edges with. a spring pressed locking bolt or the like 6 which projects into the groove 2 ofthe track 1' having the sockets 3, whereby when said plate is forced rearwardly, the bolt will be projected into the rear socket, whereas forward movement of the plate in question will be limited by projection of said bolt into the front socket. It is to be observed, that although the two sockets 3 limit the forward and rearward movement of the carriage member, the converging inner walls of said sockets will readily retract the bolt 6 to allow said carriage member to be shifted the necessary amount. Needless to say, however, the bolt is seated with enough force to prevent shifting of the carriage member when the drawer of the register is being opened or closed. The plate 5 is provided in its upper side with a circular cavity 7 in which a grooved bearing ring 8 is secured and in which a second grooved ring 9 is iocated, the latter being supported by the ring 8 through the instrumentality of ball bearings 1O interposed between the two. As disclosed in the several figures of the drawings, the upper face of the ring 9 projects a slight distance above the plate 5, and the bottom of the cash register R rests on and is secured by screws or the like to said ring 9, the latter constituting a turn table whereby the re ister may be partially rotated horizontally, after the carriage member 5 has first been shifted forwardly to space said register away from the wall WV (see Fig. 7).

Normally, however, rotation of the register is prevented by a spring pressed locking bolt 11 sliding vertically through the carriage member 5 and projected into an opening or other style of keeper in the bottom of the register, it being evident that such bolt must be released before the register can be rotated.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be evident that although comparatively simple and inexpensive construction has been provided for carrying out the object of the invention, the device will be efiicient and durable in operation and will possess a number of advantageous features.

In the drawings, certain specific details have been shown for the attainment of probably the best results, and in the preceding such details have been described, but it will be evident that I need not be limited thereto otherwise than to the extent to which the appended claims restrict me.

I claim 1. A support for cash registers and the like comprising a pair of horizontally disposed parallel tracks having grooves in their inner edges, one of said tracks having spaced sockets opening into its groove, a carriage member interposed between the two tracks and having tongues extending into the grooves thereof, and i a spring pressed locking member carried by the carriage member to be received by the sockets to yieldably control the shifting of said carriage member, the latter being adapted to support the register.

2. A support for cash registers and the like comprising a pair of spaced parallel horizontal tracks, one being provided in one side with a pair of longitudinally spaced angular notches each having a wall disposed transversely of said track and an additional wall extending obliquely from the aforesaid wall toward the longitudinal center of the track, said additional walls merging into the aforesaid side of said track, a carriage slidably mounted on the two tracks, and a spring projected locking member carried by the carriage for reception in the notches to yieldably control the shifting of said carriage.

3. A support for cash registers and the like comprising a pair of spaced horizontal fiat tracks having grooves in their inner opposed edges, a flat horizontal rectangular carriage plate interposed between the two tracks and of a height equal to the height of the latter, tongues formed on opposite edges of said carriage plate and received slidably in the grooves of the tracks, the upper side of said carriage plate having formed therein a circular cavity, a bearing ring secured in said cavity, and an additional bearing ring also confined in said cavity above the other ring and adapted for attachment to a cash register or the like.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT E. MASTERSON.

WVitnesses:

MARY HOFFNER, EDWARD NUGENT.

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